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The name Titanic derives from the Titans of Greek mythology. Built in Belfast, Ireland, in what was then the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, RMS Titanic was the second of the three Olympic-class ocean liners—the lead vessel was RMS Olympic and the final ship in the class was HMHS Britannic. [5]
Royal Mail aircraft-marking; on a British Airways Airbus A320-232 G-EUUI. In recent years the shift to air transport for mail has left only three ships with the right to the prefix or its variations: RMS Segwun, which serves as a passenger vessel in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada; RMV Scillonian III, which serves the Isles of Scilly; and RMS Queen Mary 2.
English: Bill shares fascinating images and information gleaned from the 1909 to 1911 editions of the Journal The Engineer. It includes photos of the construction of the Titanic and its twin the Olympic, the launching of these Olympic-class ships, and accidents that occurred.
In the years since the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, we have become familiar with haunting images of the doomed passenger liner’s bow, lying at the bottom of the North Atlantic ...
RMS Titanic Inc. conducted a ninth expedition to the wreck site in July, 14 years after its last effort. The team took more than 2 million photos in a bid to document the ship's condition. Show ...
The public's fascination with the Titanic spans generations — and there's no question as to why. The $7.5 million (over $200 million today) luxury ocean liner was a representation of grandeur ...
Titanic ' s wooden lifeboats in New York Harbor following the disaster. The word "R.M.S Titanic" was etched onto the photograph as the lifeboats bore the name "S.S Titanic" on a plaque mounted at the other end of the boat. [1] Titanic had 20 lifeboats of three different types:
RMS Titanic Inc., a Georgia-based company that holds the legal rights to the 112-year-old wreck, has completed its first trip since 2010 and released images from the expedition on Monday.